The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-13
QUEER INDIAN DISHES.

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QUEER INDIAN DISHES.
An army officer at present stationed in
this city was, the other dav. relating 10
your correspondent some Of his expert
cnces in the far west, where he has been
with his company for the last twenty-five
years The conversation turned to the
subject Of queer articles OF food, and the
captain described some Of the peculiar
dishes he had partakcn Of "l'robably
The sirangest food ever tasted, " said he,
was Appropriation called by the Indians
who make IT grasshoppcr cake The way
in which it is made Is something like this:
When the gaSshoppers are in large num-
bcS thcJndians drive them into trench
in the ground, the bottom Of which is COW
cred with dry grass. when the insects
are swaImng about in this trench in sui
iccnily large numbers the dry grass is IL
nitcd and the grasshoppcrs scorchcd. They
are then gathered together and put into n
large bag and mixed with the seed Of a
certain kind OF grass, and are then ready
Tor pressing into cakes and eating. II II
were not for the dirt which always chauc-
tcriles Indian cooking The food would be
rather good. The sweet Juices Of the
grasshoppcr make the preparation quite
palatablc. II is quite common for the
whites tOindulgc i'm another Indian dcllcacy
uttlCsnakcs. ! tasted mttlcsnakc once,
but ! give You my word Il was without my
knowledge. was attached to command
the captain OF which used frequently 10
eat them, and ho was constantly playing
practical jokes lie asked me 10 dine with
him one day, and one of the dishes he
said, rs hc handed me sample, was
boiled chicken. ! ate portion OF il. II
tasted god the llcsh was white aud ten
der. Then the captain said That rattle
snake tastes pretty good, doesn't itY My
stomach couldn't stand il, and rushed out
OF the tent have since tried good
many queer things. have found that the
breast Of hawks and even owls, WIS very
good. ! never could, however, like bear
meat The pcmmiCau they psed 10 make
in the DAYS when buffalo were plentiful
was vcry fine, the peculiar taste of the lat
making It's chief cNc,lcncc. Now they
make pcmncan of deer and antelope
meat, aud IT Is not nearly 80 good. y
SALOON EEouLNrioSs
Washington Is now classcd with the most
strict sabbath olscr,ingcitlCs United
States, Only a few ycas ago all the saloons
were open either 10y the frcnt ~ back
doors. aud the majority OF tho mercantile
! establishments conductwlbusincss on seven
! DAYS in the week \ sholt time before the
advent ol the present Instrumentation the
police authorities, NJ the direction OF the
| commissioners, noliiicd the saloon men
and these who KEPT open other establish.
mcnt-. that the Sabbath must bc held
sacred. aud that they would be- punished
| II they did not keep their business closed
on that day. II took great deal ol hard
and persistent work Ia close mp the places
aud keep customers out. The work WIS
! fairly under way by the an of March,
/ 1884. aud. to the credit Of the new com.
/ mi.-l"uor, Il was koptu Washington is
! now strictly sunday city III almost i'm
! pps,ibl, a. obtain intoXicanis here on the
/ iiIst div ui the week now Even back doors
are closed, aul policemen AMI detectives
IN citizens. clothing prpwl around Ia see
that the law is observed. The attendance
nj the churches has increased aud the
general morals have taken several steps in
advance. About q dozen bucket shops,
and twice ~ many pukcrrooms have
closed ont during thc past two years. and
there have been many reforms springing
up, among them the riu.n al hall the
applications 10 reissue liquor licenses the
Temperance people having become en-
c"umgcd 10y the help received at the hands
ol the officers IN behalf OF publication.
COMPLAINTS A0NINsr RAILROADS.
Tho board oi trade oi Lincoln. Nch
makes q complaint 30 the interstate com.
meme commission against the Missouri
Pacific uilWay, changing that iis rates from
-. Louis tu Lincoln are Unjuslly and nm
r'asonahly high, and that ~ compared
with certain other rates nrr unjust disCfim-
inuiion against Lincoln
II makes similar complaints against the
Chicago darlington 4 Quincy railroad
company, With respect to the rates from
Chicago to Lincoln.
Hummer. ll,y n Co, Of Lincoln, Nrh
complain that the nion Pacific railroad
company, having received consignment
ui sugar at SIN Francisco Tor Lincoln r..
| fused tu hnnlil direct to It's destination,
! hutiiT,i iuokHto Omaha gnd rrlillrd tu Lin
! coin, which procedure caused an extra
! charge ul " cent, per 100 Tor imuSputtn-
] ton. tomplninnuts aver that the cousigu.
/ mcni WIS hauled spVvuly.scytu miles iut.
/ thvr than WIS necessary. They pray iut
| lu order ul restraint Tor the future and ms.
! titutiou ul the pycrhuugr IN the ~, w. cited.
The members OF ilr Peoria, H. freight
bureau petition against the abolition ri
! ear luid rates. The New Orleans cotton
exchange complains that the New Orleans,
| Cincinnati x Texas Pacific company trus.
! pprt cotton lrom Mcmillan, Miss To Lowell.
Ma.s, for Si.lol crut u mile, while it
Charge I rcnts pcr 'nn per milc from
Meridian 10 New Orleans. II chrrgcs that
like alleged di,rriminition are made ON
cotton nom Monroe aud Shreveport, ~.
Petitioners usk that The ruHl may De- In.
-tul,b'l IN reduce IT, rates io New Orleans
irnm the points named In the cotton ~.